dvdisaster Version 0.63
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Contents

Overview
Examples and screen shots
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Command line mode
·Using the command line
·Creating a medium image
·Generating error correction files
·Scanning the medium for errors
·Recovering a medium image
·Choosing alternative drives and file names
·Performing several actions within one program call
·Hints for storing the error correction files
·Command syntax
Questions and Answers
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Choosing a drive for reading

Use the "-d" - option to specify the drive for reading media images:

user@linux> dvdisaster -d /dev/hdc -r

user@windows> dvdisaster -d E: -r

Under Linux some commonly used device names are /dev/hd* for ATAPI drives and /dev/scd* for SCSI drives. The Windows version works with the usual drive letters.

Specifying image and error correction files names

You can change the names of image and error correction files using the "-i and -e" - options:

user@linux> dvdisaster -i myimage.img -e medium01.ecc -c

Putting the image file on a hard disk connected to a different bus than the CD/DVD-ROM can improve reading performance on some systems.

It is possible to omit the file suffixes ".img" bzw. ".ecc" or to use other file endings.

Copyright 2004,2005 Carsten Gnörlich.
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